Com-Zone, come all Upper house of cards A June meddling UNITA’s warning Hassan Sheikh at the wheel All at sea over drugs The economic underpinnings Pillars of the regime Keeping up with the Compaorés Not an honorary consul Testimony on Bah Impunity in Freetown EU brings budget support The rush to the vote Spoils for all, please Limits to corruption campaign Essential contact, the Cameron way Diplomatic diversions Law suits unravel Progress but... Kivu talks impasse Pleas to go Patience snaps over IMF Ex-Dauphin in the dock Clean sweep slows down The fight for Mount Simandou Rifts in the regime Tactics but no strategy The Abalone list Debt deal scandal revives Rise of the professionals On live TV, a swarm of lawyers A tough one hundred days Opposition on all fronts Military manoeuvres Faustin's pact Admiral of the white Beny bites back Deferring democracy The Quionga network Frelimo's gold rush Blade's think-tank regiment ANC wields the long knives Toeing the party online Independents in name Boycotts and masks Lords of misrule Training regime The campaign stretches out Beggar your pardon Security worsens Biya's second house Scramble for Nacala ZANU-PF wins the referendum No cash to count on Rifts over lake Lilongwe’s treason trial Don’t be a negative force Rebels everywhere What Juba gets from the oil deal After they open the taps West divided on aid scandal South African troops under fire Séléka takes power ‘With the thoughts of Meles’ Succeeding Sata Towards a one-party state Taking the hostage road Tap dancing 'Cruel and inhumane' Stay on, moi? Unhealthy finances M23 may be close to a deal Secrecy mars ballot deal Vote now, pay later Trouble in the hills Groans about growth Shocks and ore bodies Condé’s rainbow fades away A very British coup Credibility of the IEBC under fire The closest of shaves Trust question Piecemeal deal Democracy demos BRICS tug-of-war Splits prolong crisis Why are they waiting? Gordhan's budget balm The left-right clash on economics Guns, jobs and strikes The leaders in Lubumbashi The Mai-Mai and their commanders Militants target Katanga Eko Atlantic arises from the sea bed No visible means of support Girding up for the vote Swing counties hold the key Pitfalls ahead for foreigners Jubilee aims to win it in one Answers needed Daily pressure Swearing deputies Loyalty rewarded The new poor give less Spring in opposition’s step Banda takes on her deputy Jobs on the roads Kabimba looks ahead Qatar's cold shoulder Issayas staggers a little British military aid for Sudan Jihadists from Mali in Darfur By Skype from The Hague Nairobi’s governing passions Rocky road in the north Crisis in the command Maghreb’s early bath Torture in the dock Coup calls Bogged down in Bangui Olympio’s legacy The Puntland problem The recognition blues Salva changes the guard Losing ground at the AU Odinga’s fiasco Flashpoints on the margins Holding their breath I chose the deputy Alghabass ag Intallah changes sides The end of the beginning The power of the south Development vies with conflict resolution in Addis Blé Goudé arrested Secret shipment Funds query for Bangura ZANU-PF's loss French Somalia raid ‘was a trap’ Regional alliances shifting Wade’s barons under scrutiny Family bonds Après Biya fears Thawing the assets Not so open for business Purges and placements Ramaphosa’s price With Zuma to Bangui Bozizé back from the brink Abuja’s foreign legion Nouakchott on the spot Taking the fight to the desert Northern parts The longer war Democratic hustle Navigating the rapids Falling foreign support Let them eat fish Omer el Beshir’s New Year’s Party Khartoum in a corner Ailing and failing A race to the bottom A test for the constitutions The economic fightback The party isn’t over yet Django unchained Talk first, fight later Electricity and elections Politics goes to court Early start for Jonathan Harsh truths and high growth Mengi beaned in court Geingob reassures Trovoada sacked Zuma leaves nothing to chance Sadig calls for regime change Unity under strain Wilting jasmine Tax threat to IMF deal A country polarised Ructions over reconquest plan Captain Sanogo strikes back Rift risk over gas laws Shotgun wedding season Soro clouds economic revival The democracy question The Mahama factor Make mine a mine Imports and exports Zuma sweeps the boards The plot thickens ICC tries more with less Floating arsenals in legal fog SWAPO picks a new leader Licence to secede New strains on the Union Egyptians return in search of gold The new gold rush How politicians help insurgents Boko Haram looks to Mali Clouds over Koroma’s victory Why Goma fell Kabila looks into the abyss Expert opinions Sanctions bypass What price the Unity Party Undiplomatic corps ZANU-PF’s gem of a campaign Opacity for all Dodging Dodd-Frank Oil and gas prospects fuel lake row How the branches voted Zuma or else Breaking ranks in Kismayo Hassan Sheikh keeps it in the family Juba runs out of patience No spring in the step Sesay and the city Elections 2012: Koroma in front Contributions gratefully received Elections 2012: Mahama ahead by a hair Bienvenido a Malabo Addis on a caution Was it a coup? Juba jitters Soldiers get ready Not yet spring in Mogadishu Opposition shakes Trovoada Sovereign wonga fund Three men in a boat Uganda accused Shell and the Delta litigations The $100 billion bash Khartoum’s military-industrial complex Target Khartoum Ghannouchi unplugged Abyei arrangement Guebuza’s new man M23’s other parent Changing tribal customs on J Street IMF finance for Mursi's new order Bankers of the world unite Borrowing big A poverty of strategy Fraternal rivalry Faure fading fast Ex-President Banda switches horses Big budget, big promises Winning them over one by one Zuma’s campaign pays off Handling the opposition Aziz’s power game Gbagbo’s Ghana connection Ouattara under threat again Regional confrontation looms Jonglei flashpoint Un-persons La Francophonie No new brooms Takeover at Kismayo Partial win for Guebuza Courting foreign business Campaigning begins First steps to stopping the stealing The grand corruption trap Election tax axed Sam stays on the ticket Mali a l’Amisom Come if you must Miners get bad reviews Financial faultlines Profits derailed Dead preachers poser Morganatic marriages Jammeh’s execution spree Opposition claims dismissed Luanda buys Mayfair trophy Aid threatened, conflict up As Amisom targets Kismayo, Al Shabaab changes tactics New president, new laws and old enemies The rush for land Kilelengwani burns New York showdown Disunited unions Zuma hits back as mining unrest spreads Mombasa murder The Mahama swing Sidelining Blaise Monitoring on hold Looting minerals Plunder unabated The Putin option Not out of the woods Hopes and fears offshore Politics over oil A sickly constitution Shift that coal Glittering prospects Rebels and defections Kabila seeks succour abroad Forex windfall test for banks Four more MPLA years Let them wear cotton The first oil election After a unifying funeral, a divisive election The case against Sam-Sumana President Mursi's soft coup Intervention plan revealed Ethnic arithmetic A rough, tough battle ahead The MPLA plans a landslide The Marikana massacre The other contestants Battle of the unions Mugabe's Maputo success The road home The man in charge, for now Rail to the chief Blaming the outsiders After Meles Clashes at mosques Three million euros in the fountain M23 moves up Former aide lashes Odinga Cross-border pollution Secrets are not forever Threats to Khama fade Sudan under protest The anti-sanctions race August will be hot Souvenir of Matebeleland It’s time for a vote Severely turbulent airline Biya swings the axe Death puts feuds on hold Vice-President in loan row Ivorian justice questioned The officers’ mess Obsequies and summitry Politicking after the mourning From no growth to low growth The missing host Stifling dissent No bang (this time) Sam with a plan The ball is in the court Luanda’s crude power One year on – unrealistic expectations remain unfulfilled Electoral victory roll Bamako drift The jihadists take over M23 makes the running A diplomatic coup in Addis Dlamini-Zuma takes charge Protestors’ pressure mounts Bank to bank Killers united Rocks and hard men Obama’s Congo law Rebels aim for Kivu secession Selected heads roll Bandits at large Jitters as Bozizé dumps ally Foreign sanctions miss target Politics and religion Rajoelina slows down the train Attacking civil society Zuma delays judgement day Turning security upside down Dazzling statistics Fine gesture No horizon Lucrative IIDEA Warlords at work The honeymoon’s over New broom passed over Reforming power Mutembo's targets Sata takes on the judges Justice denied A coarse debut Saitoti’s death leaves a gap End of transition looms Tuareg splits widen US 'protecting' Rwanda Kigali’s hand in the Kivus The Italian job Who's who in the Guinea loan saga A new battle to control the mines Money doubling Lomé out of Lomé Last ditch Questions of succession Pre-millenial tension Another Congo crisis Angola looks east War drums sounding The rich list SWAPO shutdown Islamic state The new Thabo Mbeki NTC puts poll in doubt Soldier against Muslim Brother Pushing the putsch Sanogo ponders compromise Warning to future Taylors Who fights for whom Faultlines in the foundations Mswati’s private party Poll post-mortem shocks Conflicts of interest A born-again state mining company Higher taxes, less nationalisation Entente absente The founder's fury An imported ally Devil of a mess Tuaregs talk government A government of few talents Rwanda looms larger in Kivu Wars of the succession Bouncing the Spring Fuel fraud fans public anger Rockets and meetings Sanctions threat drives talks Muscling out Mugabe Police and thieves The leadership race opens up Unrecognisable More time for the junta No go Sanogo Killing on the quiet Lowassa plans his comeback New financiers, new disputes Keep smiling Israel and the energy crisis Presiding over chaos Return of the RUF Champagne for the candidates Three days in April A long-distance run for Banda Discontent over Wynter Sata’s health and other scares Charity ends at home Running water, vaulting ambition Development over democracy Africa's run at the Bank Half-truths on subsidies Corrupt but open Koroma’s UN fear A question of security Star-struck James Ibori Wanted – the Terminator Return of the narco-state Stakes and taxes Energy bonanza promises real financial independence Police fail public order test The youth rebellion heads east From the Stasi to State House Prophecies and fantasies A political and military test All or nothing Differences sharpen in presidential poll The men who would be Rais Hope of peace for Cabinda The north and south of it Rebel against rebel – against the rest Issoufou under siege Gadaffi Junior's gaffe War drums sound as the South takes Heglig How Mutharika went wrong New leader, new broom Keeping it in the family Kibaki nervous over ICC The LRA is down but not out Opposition poll boycott Turkish aid And a food crisis too Zuma battles Juju UN clash over Beijing bullets claim Taking bribes seriously Ibori goes to Southwark Office politics Habre hangs on Condé looks East and West Militia hides behind civilians Keeping an eye on oil Dying by the sword Sassou for ever Uganda's profits of war Al Shabaab’s waiting game Senegal ousts Wade Rebels and putschists Power to the president Where’s the indigenous cash? Soothing the investors Sata stumbles The people who run the PDP show The President tightens up Friends reunited? Gomes in the lead Euro-Right backs Boers Personal, not business Opposition turns up the heat Empire-building in Addis Getting out of the bush Dead banker tweeting Poisoning the atmosphere Tunisia lobbies for the UMA The neighbours start talking The rise of Tendai Biti Constitutional reform blow Business gets a seat at the table At the top, a three-way split How to buy growth – for $100 billion Khartoum rewrites history Abacha’s ghost and Boko Haram Oil cuts as Delta erupts Diplomatic challenge Timis drills deep Wade poll shock Who's the democrat now? Unity on cash crisis Kwacha devaluation: not if but when Pressure mounts on Mutharika Lusaka restarts the anti-corruption campaign Companies fight regulation The Glencore-Xstrata merger Kabila targets the land John Michuki (1932-2012): A life Kibaki loses his peers Martial music plays in London Board to probe finances Cashing in on chaos All go for Tullow Rebels with a cause Blow to Geingob Ellen's green cred Inquest blue Wade rallies No freedom of the press Gadaffi’s bequest to region MNLA’s deadly mobility Libyan arms fuel Tuareg revolt The Woyome scandal and its casualties Who paid whom for what? Condé takes on the army and opposition The gamble for Simandou Early exit for UN envoy Big projects, money pressures The state of Zuma’s nation The trouble after Katumba No great expectations Unity is for others It's Woyome time No reform yet Fanfares for Africa Jobs for the boys Storm over opposition man A low-key second term Wade digs his heels in The shape of the deadly sect How terror came to Kano Who’s who in mines Oil is the new cocoa From Gadaffi to Qatar Waiting for government The Hague changes the game Who pays the pipeline The South goes for sovereignty The war goes regional Critics still not welcome Drop the pilot Crash goes the conspiracy Famine fallout Cutting rivalries Maputo shuns US concern Dragons in Eden The man most likely to succeed Pohamba New technology, new repression Electoral chicanery and the UN No confidence vote from companies Opposition steps up fight Mugabe breaks with the region Positions pending Cobalt's compulsory partners Marques takes them on The Accra boosters Sanusi hits out at subsidy racket How the fuel row caught fire The long march speeds up Great expectations Getting the vote right How the economy defies politics Smart money, prickly politics A year of living dangerously Zuma goes for broke One election, two countries Economic jitters as Tshwane looks East Rough roads ahead A race against time A pause in economic progress Votes, mines and money The future is military The war goes regional Downturn hits election agenda A vote on unfinished business Subsidy cuts and crony capitalists What lies beyond Tahrir Critics still not welcome Explore Somaliland Small coup in Quelimane High unit costs Donors challenge Bingu Comrades and compromisers Return of the Chissanoistas N’Dour wades in Economy faces royal crisis The King’s own Islamists Waiting for a breakthrough Brothers unbound Pachyderms in the parlour Timeline of a troubled vote Kabila: from farce to tragedy Opposition picks its champions Inside the security hierarchy The business of terror ZANU's honey trap Tax deduction The unprosecutables Fraud and violence The Gordhan knot Selling the state Banks strike oil MPLA curbs the media Palace plotters Condé talks to rivals ICC bags Gbagbo first Gbagbo to the Hague, nation to the polls The IMF and the Chinese loan puzzle A pipeline of votes Enemies in the north Presidential poll wide open What’s in Somalia for Ethiopia It rained on their invasion Storm warning Perth pangs Electoral alliances The gloves are off Nigeria and South Africa stand up ‘No monster’ Jammeh heads for victory Implausible denials Doubts about Sata’s zeal arise New challenges after messy elections USA joins fight against LRA Ferry fiasco dents Koroma’s standing Inflammatory subsidy Polls, leaks and expropriations Troubled waters, no oil yet Bargain mine sales draw fire Cyber attack Condé to look at Dahdaleh case Plot device Biya’s last hurrah Storm over SA mercenaries in Libya Political violence worsens Fears grow of poll delay Brinkmanship at the ballot Kenya’s Somali proxies Confused war aims cause alarm They don’t seek him here... The past is another country The succession players Dos Santos calls elections The struggle for the centre Malema and Zuma mass their armies Brothers-in-arms BAE Systems’ fine dilemma Devil take the hindermost Teodorin’s week How Banda got bounced A Scott in office The President starts purging From Delta militias to piracy Oil in troubled waters Military momentum Opposition on the march Coffers empty, power for sale Generals stall the revolution Contenders for the Assembly New rules for a new order Kibaki gambles on regional war with Al Shabaab Manoeuvring in Cairo Yesterday's rebels, today's rebels On the border Opening up Aso Rock Foreign policy aid The loot looted New leaf Those were the days The Security Council lands a new African problem Al Shabaab sets the agenda Uhuru looks back in anger Ministry of power struggles Banking on the move Getting the right numbers Soldiers shooting at dawn Election fails to stir passions Ellen wants first-round win Troubled exit for Banda Good boom, bad timing No EITI for UK By-election business Terrorist listing Recognised but risky Baba Laddé: Robber or Robin Hood? Mastering the militias International concerns Rajoelina agrees a deal General alarm US sources run for cover Too little, too late Are the politicians high? The fight of the century Economy recovers, security wobbles No springtime in Algiers Party postpones post-mortem A rocky electoral road The Gadaffi clan scatters You can take the Africa out of Libya All the President’s businessmen Play the game Making calls on the state Bozizé slows down his takeover Questions facing the new regime Death in Jonglei New South Sudan Ministers Disrespect for the President Bringing peace to the military Gbagbo: France’s part in his downfall Taking a stake in economic development Celso Correia, favourite son Leak now, pay later Vicente to succeed Dos Santos? Lobbying on Strain in ICC case It’s not cricket Changing times Protests postponed Prison politics Pinto da Costa back in office Renamo threatens a return to violence Fonseca’s win tests nerves The nationalisation investigators Suddenly, the nationalisation talk gets serious The police fail to protect The kingmaker general dies at Alamein It's urgent? Set up a committee Who cleans up in the Delta? The hits against Al Shabaab Al Shabaab – neither gone nor forgotten Gadaffi falls, revolution rises Military mayhem Nyachae and the Fund Crisis? What crisis? Favourite four Citizen candidate Mutatis mutandis Running on empty The strange case of the ex-Governors Governors on top and on trial Strange alliances Many more scores to settle 100 days of ADO Zuma's front-line diplomats Foreign policy flip-flops The President lashes out Some Banda backers exit A vote about money Politics and posturing Hard winter in Harare David meets Jacob Presidential guard fall out Don't call us Media makeover The radar scandal is back A Mills bomb for Rawlings Honesty – not the easiest policy Bad fences, bad neighbours From autonomy to sovereignty How the South moves north Maiduguri's terror crisis Unreliable economic barometer Spinning out of control Nairobi needs its fix Succession not reform Oil and reality Checkpoint Nairobi Opposition hits the Embassy Cabinda man arrested Durbar without elephants Veterans with influence Police powers set to expand Zuma and the securocrats How honesty can cost jobs Condé drives a hard bargain Strategic electoral alliances Rebels edge closer to Tripoli Refineries and rivalries Power cuts without responsibility Ministers old and new The usual suspects Abyei in limbo The clock strikes zero To be and not to be Mothballed MiGs Secret exits Military shopping Mbeki's money men Turning the tables Hit and hate Washington's military option Oromo opening Arusha verdicts Off the rails Rebels and revenge Pushing for Praia Brothers at war Holding up the peace Parties at work Tiny's last offer After the rains Ben's bid The next Zeroual In the badlands Militants and monarchs Seriously, though One day, son Reform dilemma Only a miracle Call back Parallel lines Feast ore famine The devil you know The battle to succeed Kikwete The rise of Team Kaberuka Election express Reports of Mugabe’s demise Regional leaders take on the President The trouble with Tobiko Blood and oil Power to the people, profits to the chiefs Boko Haram declares war Counting the cost Khartoum’s debt threat Malema and Zuma for breakfast Ritual killings spark riots Trial by procrastination Fuel crisis endangers regimes Generating power and cash Sata rises in the west Banda brothers on the attack Ocampo tries to protect the evidence Revolts change regional alliances The view and the cash from Arabia Attacks cause new crisis Big cabinet, bigger problems ‘Fear and... fiction from Clooney’ Edging towards the brink Trading standards Revised downwards Usman Optimism Political chemistry To a little kingdom Entrenched and overstretched Gunning for prawns Mining and undermining Strings attached Bellingham brings warrants The fastest growing family Blue Nile blues Shaky Guelleh snubs ICC All the way down Prosperity and paranoia Peace in Côte d’Ivoire, relief for Dakar Wade wants to stay on Coal train blues Can the King stop the spring? Where the BEE sucks Cocoa holds the key Long memories in Abyei Fighting for Abyei Election results keep Zuma in contention Cousins call Somersaults Call the lawyers War winnings Moving deadlines Devastating debts My Arabism tired me out Militias and market forces Severed supplies The right's embrace Dinosaur encore Obasanjo encore Turning the tide From the 38th floor Annan and Africa The Lowassa fight back Two leaders, two parties Ethical smelting Glencore connection Old man out Usama’s quiet friends in Khartoum Indicted war criminal fights election Shouting insults Succession discussions Why the Arab Spring worries Luanda Coulibaly: Death of a rebel Stabilisation now, reconciliation later Chaos keeps Gadaffi in the game A revolution in the revolution Not so golden jubilee All for the sake of the party Twin peaks Business front Bongo rebounds Before the storm Who comes next? Facing up to Savimbi The wages of war Misfirings False amnesties Best friends The Pinochet factor Asking the people An election foretold Ending an embargo Politics of prices Déby on top Gosh returns to the shadows Campaign timetable Getting (not too) tough on corruption Taxation without legal representation Opposition works the walk New brooms, old handles Towns at risk for the ANC Local elections threaten the ANC's national grip Sinking the pirates Bluff and bluster Beau Blaise loses it Governors, godfathers and guts Better elections, dangerous politics Fixing finances Taking the democratic out of DRC Uprising put down Hosting Hamas Zuma to the shores of Tripoli Boutef holds back the wave Mutharika cracks down The candidates line up Through the Wikihole Six in the dock George Soros offers some tips Tough questions for Condé A resolution in Abidjan A trap for the juggernaut Congo contradictions President Moi and the dynasty First the provinces, then the presidency Fighting rebels at home and abroad December surprise Rebel terror David and Goliath No nation, new regions Clubbing Beijing School meals and bullets Hello and good-bye Zanu-PF fails to oust Speaker The anti-Asmara campaign One man, one vote Some land lease agreements Mr. Smile and the militias The scramble for the South Who’s who in Zumaland Zuma’s presidential primary Watch the south-west Results that are fit to print In command and control The opposition breaks cover, slowly A family at war Khama country, again Millionaire debtors As bad as it gets The man who would be king Questions on terror Hello North Africa Au revoir, la République The Speaker's chair Council of war, but who's the enemy? The state of the forces Real bullets, phoney coup Europe's new line on Gadaffi Tanzania's gas players Gas finds offer hope of ending power-cuts Taxing problems for Zambia Pushing for probity Defying the democracy wave Ambushing the revolution On to the trial Guns, votes and cocoa Oil state on the record Making history The EU pays but keeps silent The revolution continues The Gupta factor It's all about jobs A port with no ships The King's budget Peering into the abyss Eritrea is not for sale Gold rush So where did the money go? Democracy heads south Power at a price ZANU-PF cries treason Gadaffi's fight to the death Militia massacres Pre-emptive policing No uranium for Tehran Cairo tactics Split the nation Cooking up those raw materials Zumanomics sound better Uneasy lies the head Rearranging the cabinet Obame: no, he can’t A fight for the President’s base Mubarak’s friends sanctioned Dropping the pilot First pick your judge The financial sanctions tighten Democracy standoff Winners of the wave Activists versus authoritarians Bad omens Less bashing for bribers Gamal Mubarak's retreat Bayelsa's fighting chance Ben Ali, biens mal acquis Cocoa ban may hit Gbagbo's war chest Squeezing Gbagbo's budget The political fallout A five-year exit plan Militia attacks on the border Through the looking glass Playing dominoes The major opposition Mubarak stumbles to the exit Summitry in a time of revolution Rewards and realpolitik Telling the story Propaganda war Abine quits RDPC Kabila moves the goalposts The junta gets ready Battle of the bankers Banda on the backfoot Subsidising politics Jonathan’s primary colours Brazil’s natural allies Rumbas in the jungle A family legacy The jasmine and khaki revolution The Abyei crucible The Tunis effect Birth of a nation Africa Confidential Political & Statistical Wallchart 2011 Careful what you wear The TFG’s August deadline Kabila again A permanent putsch Johnson Sirleaf stands on her record To Biya or not to Biya Even ZANU can change Getting ready to vote Mubarak and son limited He’s back on top again Freedom – North and South Electric elections Elections on trial Bongo feels the heat Banker for Benin ICC has Kenyan politicians on the run Challenging Banda Careless cables cost lives Diplomacy overheard Amid the chaos, a sort of vote The bombing of Kiir Adem Two presidents, one crisis One farm good, four farms better The wiles of a crocodile, the memory of an elephant Iron constitutions required General John Togo and all his enemies The war against the amnesty New guns on the block Don’t be vague, let’s go to the Hague Ocampo names six suspects Cranswick and Marange Why Nyanda had to go The next revolt Closing the laundries Abyei's protocol problems The thwarted contenders Mubarak's last stand Modesty Blaise Will the UN bail out of Congo? The case against Kabila's army Gadaffi's Jacob and Esau Oil, money and infighting Iranian guns and a king in Banjul Ruto takes on the courts Atiku, Buhari and Ribadu - the great northern hopes All the President's militias Culpable contracts Thank you for smoking Approaching the summit Paternal censorship Bye-bye Mr Speaker Opposition at sea over oil Oil to play for Challenging Madam President Musical chairs in Monrovia Jonathan’s Delta blues Abyei waits Taking on the journalists Mining for votes Holding their breath Old crocodile, younger croc A multi-faceted business Condé’s hard won victory Over the new rainbow And then, there were two Behind the election machinery Party unity trumps national reforms Kagame’s troops return to Congo The boom in Juba and its consequences Jarch Capital has friends in the South Khartoum’s new export trade UN rejects AU blockade plea Trade talk troubles Pushing Europe towards African farms Complex architecture but no deal Down but not out Sanctions fraying fast The bout begins Lying big, often At stake: oil, migrants and gemstones Daylight on Dos Santos Caught in the currency battles As power shifts eastwards, Africa boosts its stake Counting on growth Challenging the CCM Kikwete marshals his troops Northern opposition faces increasing duress Murder again El Baradei’s boycott falters Battle of the plans Coup-makers fall out Everyone wants a vote Ready for change in the Niger Delta Super-Minister Wade A rope for Ruto Oil joy, debt worry The gangs of Port Harcourt Moving statues Kinshasa in court Odds now on Condé The Quito question In search of policy Tobacco lobby meets in Swaziland Tobacco and the forex puzzle Buy now, vote later How Kibaki blocks the ICC Massaging the message The IMF asks the 5 billion euro question The car bomb whodunit The politics takes over again Buttering up Zuma SWAPO suffers bee stings A New York divorce Mixed minerals Election schedule 2010-2013 Runners and frontrunners Election delays and doubts A poll that perplexes Niger, Mauritania, Mali: the politics Four and not out Storms in the sand The missing election fund The bonus culture After the council, a reshuffle Postponing the policies A new strategy for Darfur Less debt, more deals Critics, crooks and credibility The field gets more crowded A false start Good man, impossible job Vavi and the unions stake their claim President under pressure A tight election timetable The President is for turning The real cost of Maputo’s aid Ghostly presences Malema loses a friend The UN’s credibility on the line Kigali wins another round of the blame game A suspect at the parade Wetangula – MP for Khartoum North Museveni’s ambitions, American reservations Museveni's foreign policy team Expanding the contracts All to play for The new guard steps up Indigens and expatriates Nuclear-powered brothers The Colonel’s Roman holiday Mounting strikes Turning a corner Otunnu objects Politicians waiting in the wings A dubious election date, again Strong investment, weak prosperity Copper-bottomed but leaky The battle of the Nile The polls close but violence continues Strategy of sabotage No referee for the referenda A government team in the oil battle The politics of no Under no circumstances Dog days in Lilongwe Opposition nuptials Bullfighting Mogadishu's ministry of truth The Afghan effect The numbers are looking up Roaring to go Taking sides in the big debate An uneasy ruling alliance 8 ways to clean up minerals Contract clashes New pressure on the war-minerals link Rumbles in the Rift This time a peaceful vote Abuja takes Halliburton to court Political spills Father Kukah, Professor Jega and the vote Goodluck with the numbers A formidable new party Coups and cocaine Secret talks Khartoum's most wanted Restless spirits What mattered was the football Karim the successor Wade’s one-man band He’s old but he’s running Katanga makes a comeback Secretive Shabaab Fighting on a new front Forgotten promises Zuma’s first-term casualties More gluttony The 3.8 billion dollar question Storm in an oil barrel A taxing compromise First to integrate Crisis on the Nile Realpolitik and resignations Criminal business is big business Mungiki’s new man We’re here to be recognised Minister Thiam covers his bases A second, tougher round How the CFA Franc zone works The falling euro drags down the CFA franc Secret oil deal Odious debts, now less debt Half a century, half the battle The assassin’s hand The opposition on parade The Museveni machine grinds into gear World cup shooting Mine not yours Bankrupt asylum policy In a spin Single party rules again High-stakes election The international agenda Crisis cabinets See you in court in Beirut Obiang’s prize turnip The Kingamyambo Musonoi tailings Ottawa confronts Africa at the G-20 summit Newsdays and the old days Diplomacy by other means Bombing the campaign Yes, No and in between The battle for the basic law Abbey's all clear The men who run the profitable show A disastrous half-century Oily alliances Welcome to London Higher taxes, says the OECD Where the money went Militias of the new age Flash point Southern Kordofan New management for new tasks Bringing in the money The rise of the watermelons Football fever, faction fever Mixed messages More boots on the ground Opposition wipe-out Dangote is a Gooner The fight for cellphones More muddles in the mines An unconvincing egotist Out of Africa and into Asia Dealers on a high Promising contracts Votes and the mining houses Legal limits Squashing the judges Reformers, politicians and generals Into the unknown Anti-corruption chief quits Witnesses under threat Books not bribes Too many cooks Blaming the USA Opposing Issayas A food crisis foretold Diamond disputes The UN packs its bags Elections loom as Kabila comes under fire from all sides Another corruption crisis The Patel alternative Zuma’s economic tightrope The IMF makes up with Luanda Boom-bust all over again Beny’s railway coup A second term for Sirleaf The gung-ho Governor Key points from Copenhagen Bye bye Betty River raid CDC goes offshore Fifty years on, forget the first forty A runaway army Tax and spend The battle around Banda Warming up in Cape Town Worrying the witnesses Out of the dip The deals, the votes and the fraud A good vote in Africa Stolen votes yield a hollow victory for Khartoum The Goodluck cabinet The Malema effect German exile Spiriting away diamonds ALEKE KADONAPHANI BANDA 1939–2010 A government in a hurry Looking for a landslide Contractual confusion Contention and contenders Le scandale pétrolier Live by the sword In a league of his own A moral dilemma Election-rigging guide book An election victory that widens the North-South gap Jonathan and the securocrats A united opposition protest The many ways to win the elections The rise and rise of son of Sam Kiplagat's truth Oil spill Easter parade The most complex elections The diamond mine drama A vote about corruption As elections arrive, the opposition shuns Omer A blow against impunity The front line of politics A dangerous compromise Altered image The next oil scramble Sonangol gulps Kabba on trial Death of a Sudanese activist The men at the centre Tarnished triumph Confusion after the coup Military money US military calls up Europe Aid strike in Maputo The north makes its stand Whitehall strengthens Sharif More troops for Mogadishu The President's would-be rivals FPR dissidents break cover The next revolution Reluctantly to the election Hush hush money Truth and Kiplagat Rapprochement and opportunity BAE Systems refunds fraud Uranium battleground Who's who in the Nigerien coup A coup to stop a coup Doubts over Darfur Target Asmara Another temporary fix Kabila's new slim-look cabinet Sassou's reforms on trial Burning passions Oil and optimism Small print, big figures Tightening the welfare belt On her Majesty's Secret Service Yar'Adua goes into extra time Dynastic dynamics Money muddles Quiet trips to DC A welcome for Monsieur Z Protection in the arms bazaar SWAPO's big guns in the fray Maize splits the Grand Coalition The bid to clean up MPLA Inc Dos Santos prepares for power, again Goodluck with the money Acting President Jonathan sets out his plans The junta explains If you sincerely want to be rich Beating up the bankers Petrified Politburos A clash at the border Malema, mines and the youth league The state of Jacob Zuma Warriors and diplomats David Coetzee Third time lucky It's all mine Training the trainers An American agreement Who’s who in Africom More money for the military Three leaders who count in the South Southern leaders compete for a new state The country gets richer, the party gets stronger The President ends his holiday Economic clouds, platinum lining No one writes to the Colonel Is Colonel Massi dead? Soccer shooting Murder mystery solved Who's who in the junta and beyond Democratic moves after the exit of Dadis BRIC building A slow return to growth Who gets the money? Two generals fail to make peace Problems on the home front Sanctions and the unsanctioned The UN looks for the exit The international Islamist The lucky friends The nearly man The great oil battle begins Who is heading for the Hague? Drought and politics Opening time at Osu Castle Elusive shoots of economic recovery A khaki option on the table Three men in a boat Walking right, talking left The elite scrambles for cover Global plaudits, local travails Succession is a family business Generational change Kabila and a sad jubilee Football, contracts and then votes Vote early, vote often The much-postponed polls Dry times for a quick election Dangerous neighbours Toumba on the run The oil obstacles SWAPO's victory challenged Banking on it Tarnished halo Nigeria's succession: the candidates Yar'Adua's cardiac crisis encourages Abuja plotters Rough ride A storm in the fish ponds Operation Atalanta in Pirate Alley A new regional peace effort North and South protest against the NCP election plan Prospering yet parlous Liberation economics, 20 years on Ready or not, here they come The Abacha family's plunder machine Rogues and rackets on trial Progress in Port of Spain Africa dons its Commonwealth cap The other power struggle The Experts win support Ailing president, procrastinating politics The opposition frontrunners Recycled activists, new tactics Many rivers to cross The rebels' disarming ambivalence The East takes on the South Mr Chambas goes to Brussels Faint heart never beat stout lady in the ruling party Didymus Mutasa dithers Football fuss A botched prosecution Drugs and thugs And throw away the key Al Shabaab targets Eritrea Jackie Selebi on trial Mr Moreno-Ocampo goes to Nairobi The rise and rise of ethnic politics From cowboys to corporates President Koroma pledges 'We no go tire' The smugglers make their fortunes UN investigators challenge Khartoum The race for second place In favour and out of cash China's new bid for Nigerian oil Big oil and small print The biggest reform of all Khama control 'Too many enemies' Good judge, bad judge Party time for the first family Brand new MDM will challenge Frelimo A dominant party – not a one-party state Experts argue about Africa's prospects Throwing out the neighbours Blood on the stones Jammeh says what he thinks To catch a thief Soldiers out of their depth New faces in the justice system A killing in Kakata Abuja buys a Delta amnesty After his release, Simon Mann seeks revenge and a book deal Seeking power Costly payment delays Turkana hunger Zuma's faith Jolly Roger justice France and the Fund apply pressure Brazzaville counts on France and the IMF It's the economy, probably Khama's expected triumph A year after the crash Britain and bribes in Ghana Washington unveils its new policy as tension rises throughout Sudan The great World Bank capital chase Corruption claims and rows tarnish Accra's record Matebeleland fallout Tsvangirai's walkout puts Mugabe on the backfoot In and out Conditional love Old hat, new hat Bankable Assets Opposition in search of unity Gunning down democracy Leaving the door open Family planning un-gagged Africa joins the billion club A family business A renewed army, an old-style police More power for Freetown Congo-Kinshasa's big five mines Dam intrigues Mines, dollars and dams A twist in the Thales American airlift Hybrid justice Women at war Leaders in waiting A King takes on the President Washington lobbyists stake claim Which vulture flies? Who's Who Britain's demanding ally in Tripoli A new diplomatic deal after four decades in power Bondo welcomes Kibaki The row over Aaron Ringera A business and strategic foray Why the banks stay optimistic In this week's issue... Glass houses Election gloves off Trafigura and the toxic waste Sodom and tomorrow The vote and the money Nkurunziza's formula for victory Food crisis Dangers and dilemmas in the Horn of Africa The flag follows the trade Remaking an old relationship After the bank purge, back to the politics Khartoum and Beijing disagree Khartoum pressures Southern Sudan over oil Trafigura in court Let my people go Sweet freedom Haunting Museveni The commissioners of the TJRC Mixed messages and sanction threats Who (if anybody) will try the killers? Suing the messenger So far, so Zuma An American road to Khartoum A return ticket for security chief Salah Gosh Shiri salutes, sort of After Msika - a new pecking order Greed, gold and grit A new economic team emerges Theatre, peace and votes in the Delta After the boom, a purge Washington backs the TFG Parliamentary prosecutions Vicente's Portuguese links A general in waiting After Bongo, more Bongo Namibia's China disappearing act Behind the sidelining of General Martin Shalli The hard road to truth, justice and reconciliation A stolen election, then a coalition A 'government of national impunity' The poorest protest Township protestors take on the ANC government Inside Boko Haram Islamists raise the stakes as they take on Yar'Adua In this week's issue... Kofi Annan puts politicians on the spot over poll violence Kenyan politicians face new deadline The CIPEV's recommendations Amnesty not honesty Fifteen years of one-man rule Charles Taylor gets his day in Court Ellen Johnson Sirleaf - the sequel International justice and its pitfalls Eastern foes at war again A multinational road to army reform Aziz's strong-arm vote Coalition chaos Abyei arbitrage No reconciliation, little truth No free speech here Go on, negotiate Competition for Niger's uranium President Tandja goes for a third term Anglo American's CEO fights back Anglo American seeks fresh capital The missing suspects The quest for justice after the genocide continues Sonangol goes international Half-time for Yar'Adua Ghana's DC dividend Obama's akwaaba moment Washington's Africa team takes shape Barack Obama launches his agenda in Ghana No funeral for Françafrique Poungui disqualified Hide and seek On top and in charge Camara's reality television The coup-making government lives on 'Selling the South down the river' Coup anniversary – 20 years of Islamist rule Kikwete's bailout package Unable to spend Good news for some Synchrobudgets Tshwane's big five Business beyond borders The hard road to a new constitution Tsvangirai carries the can The hunt for Tompolo Uhuru's accounting crisis Jobs and votes Curbing their enthusiasm Après Bongo How to win in a recession Inside the four big oil traders The other Pan-Africanists Weapons for Darfur Mistaken identity Banana skin Hanging tough This time it will be different Tajudeen Abdul Raheem Akwaaba Obama Who's counting? The China choice The cement boom A public quarrel A double win for Bingu Looking for a sense of security A filial succession The contenders The elections are coming, but don't hold your breath Target Mogadishu The telephone test You've stood, now deliver National, not regional The fight gets more serious Franc Afrique Wade dynasty Open sesame Tactical defeat Don't blame me! Diamonds lose their shine A credit-crunch presidency Pax Guebuzana Welome back, Chief Tony Votes that don't add up The security brigade Pragmatism trumps ideology Crime and amnesty Until the stout lady sings The challengers A change is going to come After the G-20, the money-go-around Harder cash but warmer words Losing the plot Warnings Speak easy Do or die An offshore imbroglio Who is in charge here? Brothers and enemies Who shoots first? Ernest's election Keep someone else’s peace No rally for the MDC The fight over the basic law On the line to Zuma Learning to love Jacob Zuma The bust and after Oil without borders And the good news Museveni - from grand reformer to simply surviving Une affaire de famille Tendai Biti has a plan Good-bye to Zimbabwe's dollar From retreat to turnaround Victory in a vacuum Sums that don't add up The Mills grind slowly It's the political economy, stupid! Zuma's surprise package The contenders The Halliburton trials Integrity in question Hamas and Hezbollah His father's son A reform deadline for the rivals Inside the sealed envelope In office, but not in power Inevitable victory The electors: a changing landscape The battle in the provinces Words like freedom Don't forget your SIM card Aller-retour Libya and its African brothers Air strikes and silence Homemade toxic assets Sanctions and finance One nation, two conferences Then there were two Security in disguise Controlling Parliament Bredenkamp bites back Sub-Saharan Africa's Economic Outlook: The Crisis Deepens Prominent Empowerment Deals The piracy menace After the economic crash, the political fallout Khartoum fights back New battles for Darfur An African 'war on terror' BEE hits the credit crunch Anti-pirate alliance 'Andry TGV' takes over Paying off grudges Trouble in Kinshasa Farewell, Lady Bongo Ancestral spirits Shake-up in Freetown See you in the court Unfinished business Claims and counter-claims A morality contest Waiting in the wings A brutal family business A new federation Omer the outlaw Now blood gold Worthless cash Next, the mines Caviar and cholera Mutually assured destruction Tesler trapped Pushing Wako The rebel's return Alison Des Forges New putsch, new players Two horse race Nice enough Where is Al Shabaab now? The Sheik Sharif show The indispensable Manuel Don't shoot the ambulance Rich resources, little investment Peace and the looming crisis The briefcase tycoon is back A mutual security pact The ZANU team The MDC line-up A mixture, not a coalition More couscous Who dares, loses Medical advice The long arm Small but strategic Stalemate in the Western Sahara Electoral juggernaut House of Mubarak Junta asks for time Rumblings of dissent The Gadaffi business Reform-minded monarch Is Rawlings the back-seat driver? Lining up the Mills team Who's who in the standoff Politics curdle for the Yoghurt King Copper slide High stakes in the Gonopoly game Harare's new rule book Power-sharing for bankrupt beginners Shotgun wedding The summit divides over unity Diversions and deviations at the Summit Why Jos burned Good-bye, maybe Ghana's chance Oil ballot Serious fraud hunt Topping the charts Out on a limb Africa scrambles for Africa Abidjan's anglos Une autre entente Hornet's nest Political chemistry Dubious democracy Many complaints, some satisfaction Trial and error Central Africa's schism West Africa, according to Mr Taylor No surrender, no deal Economic facts and fantasies Back to the battleground Credits crunched Yom Ashura Guards for sale Khartoum's bankers Biya rejects the Ghana model Zuma versus the law A rift among rebels New rules for the oil business A gathering storm Bargaining with warlords No longer at ease New politics, new threats The new men under fire A popular putsch, so far Before and after the voting Two and a half cheers for democracy Old wounds, new crises Courts and killings Whiskey doubles all round The end game speeds up A new landscape unfolds Trying to cope Zuma's Christmas Here for the beer Jungle justice Out with an editor Back to Addis A sheikh returns to the fray Another third term in Africa Boutef, the Life President Hunting the killers Who fixed the election and how More unga than chungwa Nkunda wants the whole deal Crisis? What crisis? No change we can believe in Mutinies, money and Mugabe More pressure on the cedi The winner has to wait Pirates and the lads Corruption credentials Diabolical quarrels Identifying the problems Swapping Stakes Slowdown hits the sparklers Dialogue of the deaf Master political survivor Biya's grip How to reinvent Black Economic Empowerment Where the parties get their funds Who arms Laurent Nkunda? Shooting down a president The business of politics Mining downturn A message from our sponsors Making money with Britain's help Greed in a time of cholera Towards Mali Mutual aid Espion embarrassant Anonymous commerce A kidnapped colonel A mysterious US$100 million The Gono hot air balloon The aid debate: good, bad or misplaced Bringing in the harvest How smuggling pays for killing The man who says no Nujoma's grasp Banda boxes clever Banda, the successor Changes ahead for UN forces Among the survivors The waiting game Three's a crowd Forever delayed Minority politics Economy: Trouble in the markets Nigeria's banks: double or quits The youth game gets older Two brutal stalemates Facing Nkunda The Left's alternative economics Squaring the circle Kony's new front Islamic alliance Pirates and tanks Corruption countdown The Waki report Calling politicians to account Africa and the credit crash Sweet FA The Kivu impasse A one-sided election The breakaways All politics is provincial On the verge of a nervous breakdown Hunger stalks the land Mugabe rearranges the deckchairs A diamond power play Diplomats on the campaign trail Obama rings the changes Brothers reunited Khartoum's strategy Spiralling serpents Pre-presidential discord Financial and political chaos The Millennium stops here All my friends in New York Arms and the boys Brotherly love Spreading toxicity Alarmed allies Farms are the key Politicians parley, people starve Next, the economic battle Another ethnic scramble Graft never really went away Forest contracts review Prime Minister departs Would be breakaway 'Elder brother' Motlanthe A wounded presidency Treaty testing Copper crunch Frequent flyers Pushing out patronage The President's men All about power Who's counting? Men of honour Jet set and match Spinning south King's move Paris and the prince Taylorland under siege My enemy's enemy Pride and prejudice It's the economy The General's election Concrete overcoats Tin soldiers Pirates afloat Exorcising demons The ANC – a luta continua Politicians versus judges The Angolagate trial The storm before the storm The Darfur dance A rough beginning Stand and deliver Running mates Deals after the deal Political theatre A three-legged race Banned, still deadly Francophone fronts Conference calls Cyril and the suits Hard talk in Kinshasa Up with Biwott Voting violence Unhealthy talk Adenuga's back The drones club A cocaine coup fails Two virgins The son also rises The dead bite back Who wants to run the country? A hard act to follow It's go-go with Gono Mnangagwa's second coming Commissions galore The evidence unfolds Muzzling the media Campaign coffers Elections at last Service shuffle Truculent two Bin Laden's bridge After Levy Quiet coup Iron ore, jaw-jaw The high price of political phones Right number, right time The grounds for complaint In the dock for the bombings Delta forces Wasteful wars, foreign friends The rot at the top Our mutual friend The Nogo and Gono show Bristling border The names and the shame How the fighting spread Blame the judges Presidents and lawyers Coalition under strain Bogged down Fru Ndi's trial The real deal Fourth for M7 Jam-packed The judges, lawyers and ministers Judges of the Constitutional Court Taking positions Saving Omer A sick man's contest Yar'Adua's judges on trial Arms and the men Britain and the sanctions question War crimes Boom time Not much enlightenment Zuma takes the provinces The Colonel's shopping spree A hotel, a minister and a scandal Wako's war Land grab Radio Silence 'If you have a gun you attack everything in front of you' Abyei - a border that shapes the future Not the plane truth Pirates of the Horn ZANU-PF stashes the cash Transatlantic tryst Virtual voters Soldier go, soldier come Authoritarian notes Ivorian auction Industrial revolution No case, no answer The competition heats up Skimming a bad system Democratic deficit Kony causes trouble again A slightly cracked coalition Friends old and new Daughters and generals One party rule The Russians are coming Time to reshuffle Slow turnaround Keep an eye on Mnangagwa Can the party hold together? Where the government gets its money Deaths and deals Leaving for Lomé Look in The Mirror Une autre entente II Mining the depths Down with tariffs Franc-zone to Euroland Morgan's third way The fire this time Somali ceasefire signed Shooting war in Djibouti Getting their own back Graft at the top After the politics, the money The region grows – despite politics and prices The neighbours start to turn The praise singing club Yar'Adua boosts oil production Slaughter on the border The Ibori test At the circus Third term triangle Tourist trap Tough times The khaki election Diamond horror Mawere against Mugabe Correction Sanctions and standards A family business Once more the President's man Biya's purge The cracks spread Locked up Off with their heads Change in Chikomba Fighting democracy – Mugabe's last stand Quiet President, worried country A last chance reshuffle Paying the price Bemba under arrest Apartheid's awful legacy Ulenga's challenge Lomé minus Lomé Muddy waters Disunited kingdom Gouled's choice War in the mountains Boutef is bounced back Washington Who's Who London's laundries Nuclear nexus James Lemkin Oil is expensive: water, anyone? A look on the bright side In the rain-forrest A dangerous invasion Money battles Judge Kriegler looks into the elections Grand coalition - its divisions and prospects A targeted killing Abyei devastated Who is JEM? Battle of Omdurman Battle lines in Washington and Africa Brand new Zuma washes whiter Mnangagwa's return to form Dealing with a wounded tiger Good COPS, bad COPS Oddly normal II Under cover Wojciech Chodan, Pepys and Shell The gas ghost keeps haunting It's the price that counts Peace deal in shreds Drifting apart Hidden depths The stand against Mugabe Sick man, sick opposition The departed return Fighting the Fund Accidental coup Bongo for Bill Deadly diamonds Shell-shocked The fiscal fight The military imbalance Fantasy rules The $2.7 billion hole in the bank Abubakar's offer Bongo's lobby fest Enemies within World-class war Provincial power struggle Confusions in the Cape Whitehall's Africa team Diplomacy with attitude Publishing pearl Lightning strike Big Wheels Island initiative Oil-fired warfare Uneasy peace Compulsory coalition Golden parachutes Eritrea and its cousins Regional collisions It's Omar II Fernandez letter Forced to talk Muluzi's democracy test Divided republic Crisis brings opportunity Reforms, but not radical Cash call Politique a l'Americaine Number crunching Vicious voting The peace process teams The peace deal that wasn't Oceanic turnaround The opposition line-up Can the opposition fight and can it rule? It's not over yet Oddly normal Gluttons for punishment In the fog of peace Unhealthy prospects Open season on Obasanjo Gaydamak goes Cabinet crisis Biya amendment Trouble at Mills's The best elections money can buy Treading on the corn Diamond power New man, new discipline Nigeria takes on Big Oil Lake Albert and the gushers Big oil, dear oil, new oil The main points of the Abyei Protocol The real dividing line The hyperinflation club Tsvangirai's transient victory The ugly endgame Reforming the reformers Down, not out Figuring it out Gauteng for Mbeki Sitting target Butcher Shop Jollies and jets Hotel Hellacious Nightmare on Broad Street The vultures gather Addis plays its diplomatic cards The border deadlock La Françafrique est morte, vive la Françafrique The spirit moves them The ex-revolutionary front Marking ballots, selling shares Harare eyes the Kenyan model The sick man of the south Cocaine coast Goma's ghosts Inscrutable Khama King Bauxite First clean up, then list Stash the cash Moses on the mountain Down the mines Life after a game of golf Trans-Century and transcendental Second honeymoon for the money men Missing the target The road to ruin Elections within elections The people versus Biya On the brink of a deal A birthday at Beitbridge Constituency carve-ups Technical knock-out The Harambee House deal An outbreak of cordiality Lifting the bamboo curtain Bush, the farewell tour Not on parade Local is national The Wade summit Politics of the budget Putting figures on it Thunder on the left Selective divestment Mission position Party probe Bad marks Indicting Kigali The Hillary effect From Chikurubi to Blackbeach Power crisis Cleaning the stables Papers and death merchants Delays in deployment Beyond the borders Déby – caught between Paris and Khartoum Message from the wazungu The safari talks In the lion's den The real Makoni stands up Electrical and political power cuts Divided House in Cape Town Cocaine cops Wealthy sovereigns Ordinary rendition Makoni's mouth Military options The spurned advisor at State House The soldiers wait in the wings Presidents, gems and trade One Conakry, two Lansanas Economic crisis without borders Bring in the money Kabila's men, Kabila's jobs Déjà Kivu Oil and Abuja: A rockier relationship Judgment day is coming Taxing times Higher level Father and son Accounting problems Frontier market The gang's all here Handshakes at dusk Panic, what panic? 'I know the corrupt' Show time for the spooks Zuma's people on top The party is not yet split Jumping ship The heart of the matter Looking for a leader The centre versus the rest Politics and Economics in 2008 Elite and underground politics Unjust deserts in the Western Sahara From war to peace Lev Leviev lands in London Kingmakers and charlatans A slow road to travel Political hurdles ahead The Indian Ocean swells Kenya moves closer to the edge Election shockwaves spread Cross patch Mnangagwa momentum Pitching camp Bank blow With a little help from his friends Copper-clad deals At last, a possible peace Race to the top A peninsula war The oil governor under arrest See you in court Not quite indispensable 'Unstoppable tsunami' From the Muthaiga Club to the hustings Raila and Team Tinga Closer and closer Two crocodiles Koroma's Christmas present Regal rivalry The wrong report Ethiopia's options A new man in Mogadishu The Africa Forum Three men in a boat On the edges of the club Moving on Secretarial duties Mr Secretary Sharma Friendly in Kampala Mbeki to the rescue The third man or possibly - woman Zuming ahead Breaking up the party The cedi and pesewa vote Who spends, wins Sanctions sense Guerre du lac Mining undermined Animated suspension Conflict diamonds change shape Less blood on the stones Promises and lies Judges misjudged Wading in All come to the aid of the party – and fight it out The tail wags the dog The compromise candidates This time I'm going. No, really Two hotels go missing Problematic peace as the Commonwealth meets Fund furore and banking bailout New chiefs now, new policies later Scrum half Brown's boycott Digging Belinga In loco parentis The wooing of Kinshasa No borders against trouble Which rules? Whose laws? Godfathers, the sequel Raiding the camps Sam bows out again Conflict in a lakeside church His friend Bob Shooting the messenger Comprehensively breached The Mo Laureate Bond bonanza Renaissance woman Security seats Trading places The new man picks his team Take me to your traditional leader A king's ransom Zuma, Buthelezi and the Zulu nation How many states for the north? Fall out at the top Bad history Wait while we connect you Salva and the Salvation regime Wrong number again Surfing the surge Healing the rift That troublesome border A Katsina man in New York Ban Ki-moon's people Debuts on First Avenue The 'Soro ranks' A do-it-yourself peace Mining men Contract committee Contracts under review Le scandale géologique Intelligence in a divided house Zuma in the sights Exit Pikoli, Chief Prosecutor Doctor, doctor The opposition advantage Trebles all round Southern warning Kasongo v CAMEC Boots nearer to the ground Best election dirhams could buy Revolt in the desert Roots of the ONLF rebellion The Ogaden's trickling sands The banishing of Billy No holds barred Turbulent priests Signs of movement A clean sweep, maybe No ode to joy Yellowcake rebellion A turn for the worse Leaky bucket Putting the country to work Darfur deadlines Cocaine central Secretarial duties Old timers and first timers Africa moves up the agenda Mugabe's people in the provinces He keeps on winning More fighting, more aid Gas project haunts politicians A tale of two cities Unhealthy (II) Unhealthy (I) Smokescreen Neighbours undercover The race to win Who's Who in the war and peace talks Half and half Mission improbable Non-Government Who's Who Government Who's Who Ottawa rewrites the diplomatic and commercial rules Breaking the political mould Closer and more credible Doing good, not doing well Tinga's tractor in top gear Politicians overboard Boiling point Winning ways Rapture not rupture Sam the lifer Going wrong again Parties turn to the young guards Electoral arithmetic Back-biting Rumours and plots Making haste slowly No contest Personal not proportional The first-round fight The Millennium deal More blood, more cash Death of a general Post-presidential Mugging Miala Clipping Taiwan Tower of power Jacques et le juge Unity on a smaller scale Election failure Can't pay, won't pay South Africa's Communists: The People A Communist manifestation - the return of the left White Nile sees red in the south Salva's shuffle Judging the judges Justice at a price Ministerial and musical chairs Everyone's in the race Long arms Bank robbery Brownie points Nkunda in the hills Books on the boom Tokyo's business village Cyril the suit and his assets The race for the presidency heats up as business joins in Economics of the sieve Politics of the sieve Good week, bad year The Gadaffi caravan moves on Nkrumah's second coming Unfunny money Yellow card Francophilie Paris to Lusaka The Nile flows on Mbeki's triumph Where's the door? New team, old players Exeunt sojas All hail to the chief Kivu clashes ahead Sarko's team Unity? Who with? All aboard The clock turns back The cocaine web spreads Post-war hopes hit trouble Warriors by proxy Unlikely meeting of minds In denial, in extremis Intelligent design At the barrel of a gun Rival refugees Bienvenue à Alger Gem gumshoes Chissano tastes success Close shave Powers behind the throne Mbeki the mystery The National Islamic Front on parade The NIF goes on a charm offensive Russian roulette Eat the document Sanction action Blood chocolate The Vulcan has landed Africa's new debtors Life without Jacques A strange alliance Cosa Namibia Sam and son of Sam Brown and the Brownites From Blair to Brown Terror comes home to roost Campaign confusion Champagne in the Delta The new man in Abuja Not my party Grounded Kabila gets a rival The Bank test Banished ballots In the front ranks Room at the top The troops see red The Western response Year of the Pig - the new scramble for Africa A wolf in the Congo Dollars and mines Big plans for power, roads and water The Shanghai set Kaberuka seizes the moment Privatising politics Border blues EU exports A deal in Lomé A hard act to follow Savimbi's splitters Ethnic straitjackets Fighting talk Exit Arkady Judges swoop Noble's demise Vote later, vote often Jacob and the dog collar L'Avenir c'est Sarko Vultures over Lusaka Stop thief La caravane passe au Mali A break with the past Congo-Kinshasa's cumbersome experiment Oppositionists and activists struggle to shake out the system Africa's mission undermined Caught in the act Up for the cup A new white hope Giant steps A troubled transition Kabila's last throw Arranged marriages Tripoli calling Robbing Peter . . . Micro-state struggles Power cuts Totally elfin Alger l'Africaine Tougher talk Oiling the wheels of peace Showing who's boss French hook The past awakes Going nuclear Russian-style Pass the hat around The trials of Wolfowitz Politicians and their parties ATT seeks takokélén Mogadishu clear up The Jihadists' friend The great gamble Khalifa in court Under attack Uneasy truce in Delta State The men from the south The dealmaking begins Rendition confusion Chukka, not pukka Areva in hot water Going nuclear Economy Under new management The bashing of Bemba Analysis Kabbah in a hurry Aid and votes Table Too many parties spoil the polls Yar'Adua prepares for power Jacques' jaunt Out of Africa Gerald's jeep Presidential field Too close to call U-turns, screw turns Leakey's big game Problematic peace Desert kingdom or desert republic? Our friend, the new king No jogging ADO ado Gas mask On the fringe of a war A hammer to a nut Manège à trois Old unions, new ANC Not for turning Clearly confusing Obasanjo's one hundred days Self-determination Muddy votes Moi's no-shuffle Choppy waters Chinja maitiro! Nervous tension Friends fall out Complex war, ambitious peace Constitution clampdown Changement dans la sérénité A blow-up blows over Deadly collaboration Oil's new power A frontier affair The wealth in common Rough justice How to put it together again - as the Mugabe regime totters Regional ructions Coming to the aid of the parties No-party politics rule Claims on Kebble's gold First murder, now money Trouble in the neighbourhood Discontent in the air Muluzi the Third The thirsty wait for water The kidnap mystery To chop or to save - the main players Can the trees be saved? All their own work The neighbours are unstable Referee in a tug-of-war Measuring the dirty money Financial secrecy Which clan is in charge now? Peacekeepers under fire Soft sell at 50 Cash and blood on the streets Beware the Ides of March Mosisili's snap victory Trade union truce Bad medicine Southern front First steps Pipe Dreams Zambia's big new investments The bitter side of the boom Mining revolt A highly political budget Chirac's last Cannes-Cannes Wade gets his way A rare soldiering success Hinga's death hits home Indictments, then elections The grudge match goes on Global prisoner Authoritarian alliances Senegal Elections 2007 SWAPO splinters China in Chambeshi Buying time Anniversary boycott Toxic traffic Shuffling the deckchairs Conté goes another round Who counts in the Darfur rebellion? The commanders confer Women in power Muluzi on the record Ethnic alarums Odinga and the Oranges Kabila's yes-men Winner takes (almost) all Cyril eyes the presidency Raining on the parade No deal for Seck Bond breakthrough Snowe white-out Minni on the rampage Guebuza and governance Upwards and onwards Ghana's gain The snubbing of Sudan How crooks still exploit the system The Addis to Mogadishu axis Two peas in a pod The strike that shook Conté Buhari's election headlines What future for the reform team? Party pieces Polls postponed Bad moon rising Strangers in the night Who said what to whom? Promised land Enter the capitalists Packaging the peacekeepers Gushing higher Breaking the line South Africa's spat How to run a continent Bailing out President Mugabe New Year election blues Tafidan's ghost Marching across the border Peace but no keepers Politics and Economics in 2007 Waiting in line Succession sagas The new frontlines The Pharoah's long adieu Old soldiers never die Generals and lawyers On the brink Candidates and rivals Annivesaries and elections Annual Conference Law wars Trade-off Crossing the river Hotel Mogadishu Crossed lines An economic fairy tale Joining the big league Washington shuffle Testing Mittal's steel Economy up, politics down Peace and security Khartoum's proxies Militias and the South The Southern front reopens Penalty shoot-out Knocking out the lion's teeth Retaliatory justice Resolution riddles Grafters' gridlock Comeback couples Atiku again Forget the politics, say advisors Powering up The President speaks Investigation down under No win, no gain Voters and protestors start to register A plan from the centre Sudan targets Chad Defining the peacekeepers The Darfur deadline passes La grande rupture The police chief, his friends and foes Help, murder, police! Carpet crossing Presidential chopper Vila Algarve Turki's landing All property is theft The established producers The new exploration grounds Digging a black hole After the results Sekibo and the drones An outsider moves up the list Breaking the arms embargo The Mujuru political network Surreal succession Banny's bonus Madonna madness Ill-judged death Missing in action Fear of flying Legal minefields Economic star, social crisis Upbeat Statisticians Beyond the Horn Commerce, cooperation and controversy The Dutch diversion Wars across borders Boots on the ground Starstruck Starcrest The next election deadline Contretemps Toxic trials Riek's battalion Kobi's refuge Signal from Saudi No man an island No EASSY rider Diamond dollars Diamonds, gold and guns Who is eligible to vote? The road to the ANC's 2007 National Conference The ANC's toughest election yet All for one, not yet The Titanic sails at dawn Brothers in Armenia The anti-corruption collapse Carole Collins Sam sues Radio row The West's weakness Jammeh tomorrow Let it walk Toxic timeline The toxic trade Cairo's costly hubris Pride and prejudice No consensus on the census Leaving it late Peace postponed Enter ex-Presidents Back in the fold Khartoum's jihadis Crying Wolfowitz One of us cannot be wrong Déby supreme, for now Ambitions in the north Pots, kettles and corruption Easy for Jammeh A bull in China's shop Gosh again Biya goes on and on Dubious coup Mbeki's diplomatic team New powers, new policy Heading north Mission Mogadishu A threat to the Horn and beyond The forces in Darfur's war Presidential hopefuls take to the road Countdown for Conté Explosive results Troubled talks Sam and the successors The real rebels Cabinda dreaming Starter's orders Zapping the zeroes A political resurrection Undercurrent Bredenkamp busted Democratic deficits Levy and King Cobra Budget bludgeon Flirting with the enemy After Darfur's deal Courts without authority Two elections, one country Khartoum's veto Challengers step up Snow white The governor's dues Up close and personal Front-runners and hopefuls A new political season Pressure mounts to end neglect of the North Opening broadside Pause in St Petersburg Charles Janson Unhappy returns Time's up Zanzibar: the islands are quiet for now Zero tolerance, so far New Luanda's gleaming towers Beijing's embrace Beijing's touring team Pomp and patronage Posturing outweighs the policy Ndebele intrigue Starting guns Reformers reshuffle Dutch probe The Armenian connection Islamist takeover Candidates wanted Drying up growth Les jeux sont faits The vote that nobody wins Green revolution AU friends At the sick bed Aliyu and the drones Old faces The signs are rusting Tough talking Smiling all the way Head to head The cocaine conspiracy Hard talk at No.10 Cocoa wars Omissions Konaré's stopover Uncle Sam's ban Slapping the messenger Kaberuka's new team Star-studded in Ouaga Southern discomfort Taping the LRA Terror in Mogadishu Business backers Pop goes the third term balloon Filling the lanterns Bakili's bullets The heart of the matter There goes the party The new two Who's in charge here? JZ is innocent, so far Who makes the shirts? It's the government, stupid Brass at the top The Spill Blood succession Air heads Cutting corners Sick note Oddest bedfellows Where sick men rule Foreign fingers Déby hangs on Veteran rebels Monster party Jacob Zuma's money All eyes on Phumzile Shutting up shop The inspectors call Foreign funds Third term unlucky Old contenders, new hopefuls New politics at last Identity crisis A shortage of sparkle The accused Courting disaster Taylor's trajectories Lackadaisical list Enter kingmakers Treason's delays Twilight of the chameleon Khartoum's long arm The hostile host The big guns salute Election budget On the frontline Pressing for a deal Professional risks Now you see him Divided on debt Tentative The Cahora Bassa takeover Remaking Guebuza Zuma speaks Local grumbles Biting the snake In the hole Exporting the vote Stealing, fighting, seeking power Showdown in the Delta Adeus espião Rich pickings Bingu's gamble Names and blames Man with a plan? Swapover Nujoma won't go Trouble in the east Looking into the abyss Losing and winning Museveni wins, at a price Ten per cent Judges and generals Smooth operator The pink card Africa's loss Waiting but not sitting Not all necessary powers Copper friendly For growth, a new acronym Growing pains, legal pain The hawks are circling US hurricane Booted out Confucius, he say The President's generals Human wrongs Mystery kidnappers Making the President nervous Losers can win too The anti-corruption czar, the businessman and his lawyer Going down with the ship Bane of Banny Death in the canal 'Drowning season' Poll postponed Changing regimes Stout party splits 'Beyond that now' In cabinet Hope at last The Sino-Shango pact A New Year offensive Politics and Economics in 2006 Voters' voices Trials and tribulations Ponderous politicians Electoral expectations Oil and oligarchs Bye bye Bayelsa Political petroleum Inc. Teflon Jammeh Mr and Mrs Mwai's muddle A failing finale Not so sweet Another front, another deal Democracy with fangs Money-go-round Cinderella and the generals Generals, gems and graft Talking up trade On the runway Senate subterfuge Counting on oil Privatisation flood Strong boss, weaker party Five years Tummy tuck, bellyache A good week for Mbeki Oranges up, bananas down Smashing the fruit bowl Splitting the difference Fear changes sides Disbelief suspended Corruption poll Abacha's verdict Ten years after Circling the wagons Vanishing votes Birthday blues Tears, fears and a martyr Off-road rage Madam President Transition starts here Peace for now Explosive uranium Captive Kolélas Flying flu Breaking point, again Time's up Follow the money Politicians on notice Armed and dangerous Museveni's military Homecomings Island story Bongo-gate MDC muddle Totally broke A proxy election Khartoum's game Fighting the battle of Jericho Gunmen or soldiers? No truce yet Penalty shoot out Disaster South Africa: If Zuma walks free Post haste Congo connection A judge on his travels Out and about Ravalomanana Inc. Billing and couping They were all contenders Flying with Solo B No polls, no peace Bad marriage vows In the driving seat Turning the corner Hamutenya returns Control Cross to bear Radical cheque Moving the Movement A test for the peers Kikwete opts for continuity All eyes on the islands Welcome to the world The soccer vote Insecurity council The good, the bad and the ugly rumours Private coups Clamped Euro-observations Terror imperative Karanga calling Islamists at work Roadblock Politics behind the trial Githongo picks up the glove Banana-skin vote Players on parade Power show Size doesn't matter Death by plane Khama digs in Paper tigers Pohamba's graft test Stuck in the Mittal Blaming each other Who is Salva? Military manoeuvres Opening the gates Gunning for JZ Trying the Veep On edge Inside track Prizes for all Full circle Dancing partners Trying talks Reining in the military Oil, dollars and votes Half a cheer for democracy Garang's last journey Without Garang Enlightenment Diamond battles Who let the dogs out? Mission to China Stalin's textbook Sopi and Seck Pressure points Freedom unfledged A tree, a house, a president Notes on a scandal The net widens Debt and security Torturers beware Another third term No sugar daddy Legal losses Who's who in the struggle Deadlock Peace postponed Making up Talking it over Unkindest cuts Yala the spoiler More ships ahoy! Post-election massacre A matter of graft Under new management The brightness is fading The clans line up Diverted flight Revolution day A province says no A trial for the ANC Factions and fractions Dominant Dominique Undiplomatic closure Watergate, the sequel One law for the poor Soccer, Islam and hard times Brassed off: a contractor under fire Blood over oil Hotel Hullaballoo Born again Stalinism Marc and the miners Corruption and conviction Bozizé's win Surreal Watch this space WMD A man from Anjouan Three into one Through a glass very darkly Vultures gather Ijaw secession Battles of Boro's ghost Presidential duel The ethnic factor The big upset Moyo makes mischief Colonel inside Belgium's man in Africa Britain's man in Africa Ship ahoy! Storm warning Faure's French friends From the ground up Running the South Seizing the day in the South What is the MDC for? The dam bursts The big push comes to shove Hunger and hullaballoo Back to DC Lost and found Parliament comes alive Race for the presidency Banking bust-up Biwott is back again Merci, Papa Democracy's a luxury Oil bubble Warlord on the loose Double Wamco Papabile Moscow marriages No papers, no case Radio silence Future shock Missing a basic law Long-term agenda A new-style monarchy Who wants to tackle Museveni? Milton stays lost Crime and no punishment Waiting for Kiev Twixt South Africa and France Wrong numbers again What Cheney knew Dis-Harmony The end of a boom Oloibiri, oil capital Credibility on corruption Can the centre hold? Nervy neighbours Presidential race Finding the new Mwalimu Joining the club Who's in charge? Moral choice Cold murder trail A putschist's progress Olympic heights Abdelaziz of Arabia Mea culpa For the greater Good They also ran Matebeleland moves on IMF reprieve Hannibal's campaign Emotional stress Belgium's bullet points Reform on the rack Power to the party Faure falters All about the jobs The Africa Commission: people and money The Blair report - unveiled How can they vote? The next caliph It's my party Waterborne corruption Authoritarian instincts Not a good start Dynastic dictatorship Every single day Who's who on Darfur? East of the border Spies and counter-spies Friends fall out Welcome back to the state Chinese firecrackers High noon Jammeh rejection Who's spooking who? Whodunit? Wearing green Pass the ammunition Operation Kisanja Peace is pricey The new flagbearers Rebellion under the rainbow His own man Chinese walls Impossible vote Southern spookery Heading higher Aid, trade and reform New at the convivial party Bongo for ever Ogbeh walks out Capital concerns West of the border Joy in the South, silence in the North Crabs in a barrel They're off - or not Putsch de Noël Manipulation Cooperation again Reverse roles Decision time More rumblings New brooms Less debt, more growth Brave new century Political map Diplomatic hubbub Time to deliver Too many troops Peace, or else Pan-Africanism meets market economics Correction Don't sign anything A shining example On edge Boom boom, China's coming Diamond diagnosis The truth of the matter Now for the hard work Man with a past Guebuza's day Morgan's method A heartbeat away Bingu ascendant Bye-bye, Moyo Coming to blows Another man with a plan Sam's successor Talk of the towns There's money in reconstruction, if you have friends Election, what election? Under the volcanoes Golden trial Russian roulette Honoured dictator Trial of strength Khama's coming Murder by any name Queuing for court Government versus party Gunning for Number 2 No more 'comrade' Gbagbo At war with the peacekeepers Africa map Another Euroland Unmoved movers Busting the busters Building blocks Pipe bombs Blow up Phone sects Military-minded The UN tries again Dead men's shoes Spinning a pipeline No proxy peace Whodunit? Stolen stones No holds barred Who's dropping the debt? Life after debt Au secours! Danse macabre Saudi white knight Ultra-deep dodo Bailing in Battle of Bailundo Diamond deal All his own work Cleaning up oil Losing a peacemaker After Mwalimu Counter-attack Bziz buzzes again Desert king Digging deeper holes Rhodies to the rescue Precious little peace Getting DC's drift Battling for Badme Ceasefire under threat A gambit too far Diamonds for guns Bédié's flashpoint Gunmen at the gate Chiluba and after Broom sweeps Basri Presidential accounts Postponing the new order Hostile homeland Going to the dentist Tandja wins, ok Lousy legacies Tarnished gold Mubarak's men - new and old Pharaoh's frown The blue helmets return A Nujoma dynasty? Faustian deal Green light Loaded magazine A very private war II Lacklustre and listless Militant diplomacy Battle for the palace A government of economics and security Economic trumps Drama in the Durban dock Facts on a fax Specially designated New model army Pig in a poke Tsvangirai half free Front-line investigators Post-war clean up Proof of the PUDDing A model? Show us the money! Smelling an elephant Brussels dawn Muddy Readjusted Busting Billy Off-side Advantage Kigali Obiang's heritage Sorry, wrong number Going for broke Dealing with dissenters Gullible's travels In the IMF fold - just Democracy in action Undiplomatic row Seven more years The timetable slips Millennial crisis That golden moment Day of the locusts Wayne Fredericks Unlikely heirs Collision course Kofi asks for more Now for the contest The team on the Tagus A very old connection Good neighbours, bad neighbours Spinning on the edge The Tesler tapes Swelling the great gas balloon Accra ahead Taya's travails New twist World Banker Darfur's turning point Success unseen Cocoa wars Long haul, slow progress Transition on hold, again Military matters Price of peace On the trail Bingu's can of worms New brooms SWAPO in turmoil Rude health Splodges of wonga Forty days Don't criticise it, nationalise it! Mistake in the Movement Déby's dilemma The cost of border tension Massacre questions On the bribe trail Guns, gangs and oil Parliament in sight Caution, democrats at work Deaths mount, time passes Fighting the foreign front The wrong planes Investigation Talking, at least Chirac's man Clay's feat Caught out Coming cleaner Private estate Gideon rising Delta damages On and on and on The net widens Smiles and shadows 419, and counting Military might Chinese puzzle HIPC Junction No preference No peace without justice The limits of power Newish start Iraq first Genocide watch Tinkering with trouble Too much sopi Shell-shocked At a crossroads Fears of famine Gas timetable Gasmen Anura Perera, an apology Gas leak Chez Ntemba spreads its wings Send for Tintin Fly me, I'm Moroni Liberating the liberator A very private war Sam's man Winners and losers Did they vote for this? The road from Nyala to El Geneina A good deal missing Peace without honour The Kivus jolt Kinshasa, again A long, long wait Parallel universe After Bakili, Bingu Yes, guv No turning back The East needs oil Fast buck, slow famine The LRA fights on People's power Nairobi's nomenklatura Fighting mighty magendo For show Dirty water Diamond defamation The family khaki Closer and closer Season of hate Presidential prosecutions Tragic contradictions A rebel's story Desperate Darfur Maize-meal for votes Plot news Locking up the Minister Sour Mango Future shock Disappearing food Nepotists' nirvana Brazzaville breakdown Bingu the favourite Troubled isles Algerian bullets Mass murder A small success Nujoma steps aside Between the wars End of an affair Rebels all round Registration rumpus Kibaki's crowded diary Rebirth pains Losing Zengeza Gunning for Mnangagwa Of ranch and rupees Election year Two helpings of peace Hear those drums Diamond poker Son of Sam A new front opens A flood of mud The big men look to the future Bad governance Unsuitable friends No cheques Ugly contest The old order please The view from the Seine The right wing explodes Kraaling out of trouble Mwai's moment Work with sanctions Price of silence Whiter than white Kabila reacts Death in Darfur Get with the programme Unfinished business Hasty engagement The Congo factor The new veterans march home Pattni's list True confessions Out of funds Oil, sweat and tears To plot or not Under arrest, again After the phoney war On trial for genocide Starting again Vote for the big bucks Thabo's test Aristide's lavalas Vaulting ambition Fraud and the Fund Ruberwa's rift Le Para moves east A man for election seasons Murder in Gambella Gideon's bible Who fired the missiles? Malabo imbroglio All in the family Under-confident End of empire Still the boss View of the Volta Not Florida Local heroes Diamonds and danger Gbagbo rides the tiger Africa - where's that? Death of a veteran Peace at last Presidential pranks Carlos Cardoso High price of kingship A longer presidency Luanda looks to Norway Pretence of normality Bringing back the British Peering in Tough nut to crack Sanctions no problem Undoing the rigging It's party time Still resisting Conflict of interests Open skies Bonding in Brussels Multi-party, single party Mbeki mark two Nice guy finishes first A tale of two elections Stuck in the sand A nuclear waste My country right and left A bandwagon for change Yes, Professor! Walter's woes Who's for the White House? Fighting for peace Losing friends Blasts from the past Wind in the rigging Hard loans The calabash bubbles Gbagbo's next test In the running Those fatal cars Military minders Morgan versus Mugabe Preferment Bobodan's battles Milosevic effect Conditional offers Going straight - again Family affairs Gadaffi's prime time Oduduwa's children Power and greed High street havens Laying off hands Democratic deficit Racist rage Pride of lions Policemen plod on The new securocrats A military makeover Dropping Kabila Duel in Khartoum No room at the Security Council Naming names Dirty laundry Bad timing Kanu help? Changing floors Union is strength Blame for the bombs Gueï goes it alone When push comes to shove Economic battlefield Social oil Murderous border A bell rings Soldiers of misfortune Playing the offside rule Disproportional Heavy commitments Breakfast at the bank A soldier's story Platonically yours John Vernon Possible president Under Kilimanjaro Copper politics Calling labour's bluff Bemba's boys A losing gamble Transparency test New frontiers Look who's here! Intimidation Copper quarrels Now the economic battle War against peace Tracking Angola's gems Masters of war Unity Gadaffi-style Call the ex-marines Cash yes, reform? Moving goalposts Talking left, acting right The Bouteflika paradox Multi-party Mugabe Cross-border crisis Kabbah in court Death on the river Hall of mirrors II Under fire Clean up for donors The race to succeed Cautious in Malawi Too dry for crops A tangled web The bigger the better From the other side ZANU-PF's Pyrrhic victory Time of reckoning Time to talk After Kisangani Kérékou, no coup The military-metropolitan team The national question He smiles and smiles Hall of Mirrors Godfather to the rebels Glittering prizes II ANC untamed Take your medicine Come in, it's private Wade makes his mark Mixed reviews Kabbah, the survivor Moving the mandate Mission leap In and out Duty free Cleaning up Linking in the Luo Force majeure Glittering prizes from the war Fishy business East of Suez As you were Whitewashing reality The lobbyists' list Influence for sale The battle for Freetown Promises, promises Gems and guns Cheque in the post Who's who in the NRM One way street A military trap The region rumbles Comrade Mugabe's last stand Trouble in oil Jettou set Augean audit Intrigue in Beirut At the end of the Rainbow Proxy wars and slaughter The British connection Hall of infamy Soldiers go, plunderers stay Whose land? Squeezing Le Para Papa Wemba's big band Blowback Babagate or floodgate Anenih's irresistible rise Rough diamonds Peace dividend Self-examination A ten-year test Double war Millennial Going for Glencore Not too smart Horse-trading Scrambling for Africa Nigeria's rag trade Cottoning on to the WTO The terror factor Whose army? Clinging to the cash box Neutering UNITA Joined-up aid Retirement tent KANU at war Uranium trail King and pawns Our friends in the north Leaving the quagmire Corruption club The nightmare scenario Sins of omission Judging Jerry Desert shadows Bombed out Friends wanted Deadly anniversary Foregone conclusion Inquiries, no answers Fading Rainbow And now the world Bourguiba's ghost L'effet Wade Students shot Conquests in Cairo Guns and butter Deferred Post-KK traumas King Oil, again Military manoeuvres Warlords at the gate Togoïmi's Tactics Radio silence Bye bye Billy Silencing the critics The blame game Other infernos Bizimungu bust-up Tables turned Offshore, offside Post-poll rumblings Baker's big idea Name and shame Turning off the taps All change Hope from the north Duet for donors Early warning Good-relief, debt-relief Who's next? Running on empty Quarrelsome lobby Killer floods Offshore turbulence Passion for change Cleaning diamonds Betting on the market In God's name Watching and waiting Secret Pipeline Phone operators Fudge all round Sparkling lobbyists Ten years after, another revolution Boutef rides his luck Shaky movers Hanging on Hawks or doves? Saying no to the yes-men Positively 4th street UN-convincing Russian steal Kaguta yekka! Falling out, falling in Down to work Rape of the Nuba The men in charge Falling out, falling in Too close Rallying Friends of Sani Heading north SWAPO steamroller Unconstitutional Mon général 'Pre-humanitarian' surveillance Not yet endgame Bonding with the Broederbond Water music Saddam to Sharon Volunteers? Scot free Deep drift Peace talk, but is it real? Strategic supplies Impeachment Running on empty Paranoid or what? Over the rainbow Murky depths On Blaise's trail Presidential runners Too much terror Octopus at work Oil slick Murder again Dicing with death Helpless about AIDS Honeymoon over Going private against the grain No shine on gold Donor diplomacy Everything is risky Rising Ravolomanana Offal and waffle Santa's leopards The focus shifts Hard pressed Bitter borders Later rather than sooner Maize power Too close to call No more handouts Sweeping away Armed and dangerous Guns for hire again No new order yet The killing of Cain Picking a fight Brothers at war Gems for the martyrs Mkapa winds it up Moving target Doing the business Pressing Patassé Nujoma – the movie Usama's allies Desert fox It's better abroad Unknown soldiers Don't confront, co-opt Short-pants to no pants Flag-waving, gun-running, all the conveniences Old habits die hard In absentia Walk out Piecemeal Payback time October evolution Washington's new pragmatism People's courts Hagos heads home Stuck again Accident-prone The re-election game Islamism begins at home Who's selling who? The road to ruin Fighting for Farmers The other war Boom boom Poets and presidents Not forgotten Looking for clues Post Sam, more Sam Old guard, new guard Local, global or both Congress gets scratchy Digging a hole President, people, parties Winning Biya mile Stand to ATTention Koma going Dodgy dinars Negating the negatives Crackdown Dialogue in Addis Where Usama fits in Everyone's catastrophe Constitutional Conté The Chile factor Milingogate Clean-up or cover-up Bulyanhulu In denial Of tuna and tourists By a whisker Puppet or prince? Mixed Marriage Moi versus the economy In need No go NGO Patassé's pals Too good Eastward Ho! Home made, world class Political famine Blaise wins again Muddying Machakos Soldiers of tomorrow Don't praise the lord No immunity Henry's parachute Everyone likes parsley I'm Sam, fly me Buthelezi replays history Uhuru now! After the phoney war Who is Sulaf? Calling the shots at Machakos Long wait Birds of a feather Waiting for the call Next, please Reality checks Sustainable soup A sort of peace Murky waters How Sharia spread Shariacracy on trial A la carte Scant aid for AIDS Northern Lights Part of the union Levy at war Last of the dinosaurs Bouteflika digs in Harvesting souls Ben Ali for a fourth Banking blunders Beware false profits Fuelling conflict Hey big spender Après Moi, maybe Unions fight privatisation ideology Sell if you can Hanging in there Possession in nine points Keeping them talking Delusions of peace Wage inflation Carrots for Kinshasa Fame and famine Of rice and rings Seconds out Disarmed but not demobbed Inside the tent The voters' friend Some winners and losers Banker versus banker What's left of the opposition End of an Alliance Pohamba steps up Family at war Going Dutch Gems to oil Replaying the aid game Jail to the chief Roller-coaster rand Kaiser's bill Strong scent Silencing the guns Ancien régime Cobalt crunch Not yet Uhuru! And the arms flow on Who's who in Sassou's Congo By other means Blood from stones Banking on the donors Whose peace bonanza? Climbing to the summit Caught out Steal community Fixing it up Bank accountability Friends and neighbours A war unwon He's back Rightist regime Holding their noses Cabinet making Kabbah's cabal Hungry for change Polling in peace Separate & sovereign Unstable Behind the partition Interregnum Two to tango The fire does not cease Mbeki's front line Will the real Thabo Mbeki stand up? Cobalt cash Recycled general The Carlos card Who's got the money? Wade's wide world UN gumshoes in Taylorland Rebels without a plan Khaki blues, business suits The Generals' election Nervy Transition to where? Zero-rated Post-summit blues Hunting lobby Who's who in the military plots Murder, pillage, scandal Politics dead or alive 2003 starts here Les jeux sont faits Conditionally yours Gadaffi's big tent Crimes against the state Grit that glitters Multi-party Friends abroad, foes at home Anglo accused Map meets compass The last summit UN manoeuvres Asian interests Missing Badme Anti-Kagame alliance An edited peace Murder in Yendi Purging again Who killed Laurent? Sundown Wanaharakati and kuffar Decision time in Dar No mistake Succession rumble Compassion fatigue Gun law The other General More petro-nairas Cart before horse Spot the difference From Russia with debt Black gold flows Banking breakdowns Too many defects Refugee voices Star-struck The military might? Following Festus Kagame under siege Financial squeeze on KANU bosses Drive my tractor Minimal contracts Precarious calm Dark prospect With or without Riek One musketeer Of mud and men The Mobutu factor Plot and panic Fraud storm The Blair mission The military-financial complex The hand of Lucifer Authoritarian urge Mobile bank Got your number Follow me, follow Wade's blue wave Political eclipse Ole Kufuor! Lev Leviev takes on De Beers Who blinks first? Independence vote Brothers Nguema Disbelief Lost hope Queuing for influence In the lobbies After Sam, maybe Unending endgame The old-timers The new foreign legion Recamping out Talking to Jonas Home and away Exit top brass The plots thicken Storm after the storm War economy A hundred days of Kufuor Cash and carry Oiling the daggers The man from uncle Starting from scratch The two-is-enough group The cock crows Talks break down Sniping at the President More of Mugabe AC Political Map Peace from above Fresh start for old faces Not warring but warning Peace deals and petro-wealth Ten years after New Year party Next year in Paris Tension at the top Risky dealings No change there, then Dead men tell tales The language of weapons The cost of Mugabe Kibaki, Keriri and allies One year under the Rainbow Reforms, risks and rumblings We interrupt . . . Missing airline Urban guerrillas Chilling out Chiluba Cleaned out Armed and angry After the war economy Peace or bust Colonel Kizza's story Military muscle, political problems Entente partiale Plots galore Dirty deals Settling Sassou Death knocks twice Caution, lobbies at work Brown bounces back Leave it to Sally Rules of law Ungracious winner City under siege Enemy's enemy Pax Luanda Politics before economics Stalemate Grabbing at growth Chairman Moi Whose best friend? Heading for the door Tote that barge Back in Brazza Pals with Pal Levy's trials Risky money Algeria's growing military machine Cross-border pressures Alternating currents The nomenklatura On the knife-edge Whose masquerade? Meles the winner Rose thou art sick Spooky Third time unlucky Jumping Jammeh Generals, tontons and kidogos Slow, slow A stake in the oil war Opening new fronts in the oil war Against Arusha Free Falcone Acts of God Question of survival The cost of Kabbah Even more intelligent Market failure Catching the boat Party games Bretton Woods at Dunsinane Cat and mouse The other Tanzanite Money for mercs? Branch office Blitzing the banks African energy 'Making politics and war together' Oilfield, battlefield Election arithmetic Good news for some How many UNITAs? Death, not peace Uncharted waters 106 Executions Graça gets ready Crossed lines High stakes at Sun City Rebels versus rebels New rebels, new danger Who's after Ali? Unconstructive engagement Back to gaol Dialogue de sourds Peace budget Revolution revisited Gim-Gema in Ethiopia Winter in Asmara Hope springs eternal Wrong number, again Not so slick Le Petit looks good Austin Amissah Not so nutty World record? Arms for oblivion Go north, Ould Taya! Saved by the cash How high the summit Winners and losers in Angolagate Saying yes, saying no Trading places Family fiefs A right royal putsch Designer diplomacy Down the mine, down the drain Levy limps in The barricades again Airport turf wars Watch on the spooks New parties, new plots Torrents of trouble In a word Stirring L'arbitraire Bio's bio Bear markets Under the volcano Russian roulette The generation game Managing foreign affairs Crossing the Limpopo Murdering sleep Raelity Doing the splits A not-so-fresh start Busy Presidents New Year hopes Conflicting agendas Our American friends Leaders who retire, leaders who don't Do not pass go Surrender! Don't RSVP BEE is for business No melting pot Luanda's money-go-round Holding the cash Marching to Masvingo Not franc Pharaoh speaks Ciao João Brief honeymoon Laurent's legacy The war moves north The pro-consuls decide Congo-Kinshasa: Kabila est mort, vive Kabila! Jobs for Jak Big brother Third term lucky How high the moon? Revolving doors Congo imbroglio Mixed fortunes Industry and Islamism The centre isn't holding Accords and aggravations A defining terror Succession issues From crisis to crisis Free voting, united opposition... Surely some mistake? Mwai and Moi make history A coup that wasn't Polio politics Money, perhaps Al Qaida warning New hopes, new dangers Taylor's shadow Gaius says goodbye Politics get crude The best money can buy No chance, Mr President Foundation stoned Rallying round Cable controversy Coordinates Gatsha bites back Fradique's new front Foul play The Unbwogables On the mend Coming out of the closet Royal echoes Minister in peril Bum steer Playing by the rules Poison and bankruptcy Jacques is back Enter Bozizé Landing in trouble Out for the Conté Hamutenya in the blocks Oil empires The new American way Catching the flak Boom to bust Delta force War spreads Votes and gaols Up for grabs Hard-core Gbagbo Unity's opponents Victory is not enough Soccer war, Congo war The great U-turn Faux EO? Licence to kill Odious debt North-south divide The big issues Bamako blues The quiet pro-American Win the war, lose the peace Deeper and deeper Is Gato going? Reluctant Herero No deal Oiling the palm trees Rebel forces, market forces The oil offensive, continued Saving salvation A victory for the generals Musyoka's message El Jefe reshuffles A long march The battle in the states Killing fields Outgunning the opposition Said and unsaid The blame game Model justice, for some Beg, borrow and steal Succession for sale This land is our land Lomé abstention Conclave expectations Cutting-edge diplomacy Presidential stakes Split parties, stout leaders No end to the affair Roll out the barrel Monitoring minefield Back-door deals Another Addis agreement? Peace in our time Bedding down So, farewell then Media attrition The gift horse's mouth Going Dutch Missing the goals Warriors and marabouts An awkward embrace Spies pop out of the past Le grand retour Breaching the peace Security blanket Atlantic crossing The Ituri militias Nobody's moving How the Ghana talks stalled Weird scenes inside the gold-mine Getting away with it Oppressive and totalitarian Get a move on The Fund's no fun Kidnapped II Kidnapped I Mogae plays the Khama card Leaving the door open The nearly government Diplomacy central Meltdown in Monrovia Democratic doubts Tackling Taylor Wood for the trees Drummed out Buyoya's boys Getting rid of Muluzi Looking down the line Generals on the hill Landslide in the Delta The naira republic wins again Losses to West and Central African cotton producers resulting from US subsidies Walter's woes II Murder in paradise Yala's unlamented end Saharan desserts Main Western and Central African cotton producers (2002-2003) Where next for the WTO? Zamtrop and the politicians Watching Big Brother Model reformer stumbles In come the vigilantes Facing Mount Kenya Murder most foul, again Fighting on Desperados Regression Kenya: Virtue unrewarded Who loses? A can of subsidised worms Slow to go NePAD doubts mount up Sticky US relations Peacekeepers and peers Boundary boobytraps War on England War drift Not welcome Delta force Dr Faustus, I presume Another year, another plot Rabat's regional security web Saharan box of tricks Butter on those guns BAE's role in SA's big arms deal Struggling to succeed Count and discount Voiceless Tout sauf Gbagbo? High dudgeon summit Domestic politics at last Hands across the water More guns, please Horse-trading, arms-trading Who's next? Musical chairs Cotton tales Democracy at stake Un-rapid reaction No cash, no court Five-yearly farce NARCotic Pius and power What's next? Getting to know the Colonel again Spinning the continent A line in the sand Father and son Lions and hyenas Opening the books Money in the pipeline Battle for Bunia Sticking points Leaky and unlucky Where next? Who loses under Guebuza Guebuza blues Sacking the veep Finally, an election It's all in the family Kazini goes back to school Both sides lose Zuma's other hotspot Arta I, Arta II Abandoned children See you in court? Winkling out Taylor Deals in the West, war in the East Ties that bind No French leave Paris plotters Peace or what? Friends new and old Background to Brenthurst Busy bees Mob rule Crises to come Basri's heirs A victory foretold Winning hearts and budgets